cognition

Swimming Gives Your Brain a Boost – But Scientists Don’t Yet Know Why

A Cognitive History of Numerals

To Find How the Brain Creates Perceptions, Neuroscentists Ponder Psychedelics

FILE PHOTO: People holding mobile phones are silhouetted against a backdrop projected with the Twitter logo in this illustration picture taken in Warsaw, Poland, September 27, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Kacper Pempel/File Photo

Why Do Good People Turn Bad Online?

From Ex Machina (2015). Credit: United Pictures International

Robot Cognition Requires Machines to Both Think and Feel

Linguistic differences led people to unconsciously differentiate between colours. Credit: Flickr/ Chris CC BY 2.0

Scientists Probe an Enduring Question: Can Language Shape Perception?

Bearded dragons learn to solve problems by watching others. Credit: Sophie A. Moszuti

Many Lizards Aren’t Dumb but If Their Embryos Were Colder, They Might Be Smarter